Combined mop head and wringer.



L. E. WHEATON.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1908.

Patented Aug. 8,1911.

QT S T LOUISA E. WHEATON, OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnownthat I, LOUISA E. VVHEa'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Combined Mop Head and lVringer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mops and more particularly to a combined mop-head and wringer.

The object of the invention is to provide a comparatively simple and thoroughly efli cient device of the character described in which the mop-holding elements are so constructed as to facilitate the wringing of the mop-cloth.

A further object is to provide a mop, the heads of which are arranged to interengage, thereby to hold the cloth in convenient position for mopping a floor or other surface.

A further object is to so construct the mop-holding elements that when the latter are moved into engagement with each other, the cloth will be swung forward so as to cover said elements and thus prevent the same from scratching, niutilating or other wise marring the surface being operated upon.

A further object is to provide improved means for attaching the mop-cloth to and detaching said cloth from the holding elements.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and eiiiciency as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will ap pear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 is a perspective view partly in section of a combined mop-head and wringer constructed in accordance with my invention, the mopholding elements being shown in extended position preparatory to wringing the cloth. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower portion of the mop showing the position assumed by the cloth when wringing the latter. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the manner of locking the mop-holding Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 25, 1908.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 46%,350.

elements. Fig. 4 is a perspective view partly in section of the mop-holding elements in interengaged position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The combined mop-head and wringer forming the subject matter of the present invention includes relatively stationary and movable telescopic handle sections 5 and 6.

The movable section 6 is slidably and rotatably mounted on the stationary handle section 5 and is provided at its outer end with a cap or closure 7 to which is secured a longitudinally disposed rod 8, the latter being extended through the stationary handle 5 and having its free end bent to form a movable IDOP-SUPPOIt-lhg element 9.

The mop-supporting element or loop 9 is provided with a convex face 10 for engagement with the adjacent end of the mop-cloth 11, the free end of the material forming the loop 9 being spaced from the body of the rod to form an opening 12 to permit the insertion of the cloth 11, as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

Secured to the lower end of the handle section 5 is a stationary mop-supporting member 13 also preferably in the form of a loop and provided with a convex face 14 extending in the direction of the convex face of the loop 9 and adapted to receive the other end of the cloth 11.

The convex walls of the loops 9 and 13 are inclined laterally and spaced from the rod so as to permit the cloth 11 to be readily positioned thereon without binding against the rod 8, said loops being preferably formed of resilient material so that when the loops are brought together, the convex face 10 of the movable loop will project within the stationary loop 13 and thus firmly lock the cloth in the position shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

By constructing the mop so that the convex face 10 of the movable mop holding element enters the loop of the stationary mopholding element the cloth 11 is-thrown forward so as to completely cover both mopholding elements and thus prevent the latter from coming in contact with the polished surface of a floor and scratching, marring or otherwise mutilating the same.

The metal forming the lower end of the stationary handle section 5 is pressed inwardly at 15 and provided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed grooves 16, two of which receive the terminals of the wire forming the stationary mop-supporting element 13, while the central groove 17 forms a guide for the rod 8 and serves to center the latter within the handle section 5.

The mop cloth 11 is preferably in the form of an endless band, and is positioned on the mop holding loops or elements by folding the band and passing the intermediate portion thereof through the stationary loop 14:, one end of said folded portion being then positioned on the convex face of the movable mop holding element by passing the same through the opening 12, and the opposite end of the folded portion of the band being subsequently passed through said opening and at the rear of the rod 8 for engagement with the convex face 10, as best shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

To effect the wringing of the cloth the handle 5 is held stationary in the hand and the handle section 6 rotated which causes the cloth to assume the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in which position all of the water may be effectually removed from said cloth this result being accomplished by reason of the convex walls of the mop-holding members which have a tendency to feed or move the mop toward the rod 8 when the movable handle is rotated.

After the wringing operation is effected and the cloth 11 again assumes the position shown in Fig. 1,. said cloth may be locked in position for mopping by exerting a slight longitudinal pull on the movable handle 6, which causes the convex face 10 of the mopholding element 9 to project within the relatively stationary mop-holding element 13 and securely clamp the cloth against accidental displacement, in the manner before described.

Attention is here called to the fact that when the loops are in interengaged position a spring clamping action is exerted by the convex walls of the mop-holding elements on the rag or cloth 11, the spring action of the aws being sufficient to temporarily hold the cloth in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, but not great enough to re tain the cloth between said jaws when a slight longitudinal push is exerted on the handle section 6, which movement of the handle section 6 will again cause the cloth to assume the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is A device of the class described including a handle having a mop supporting loop secured thereto, one wall of which is deflected laterally on one side of the handle and provided with a convex face, and a rod slidably mounted in the handle and provided with a similar loop having a convex face also deflected laterally on the same side of the handle for engagement with a mop cloth, said rod supported loop being adapted to enter the handle supported loop when a longitudinal pull is exerted on the handle, thereby to clamp the mop between both loops.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUISA E. VVHEATON.

Witnesses:

Lynx NnLsoN, LUCY BAUMAN.

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